Chief Engineer United States Navy
He was the son of Newton Wood and Tabitha Rogers Putney Wood Barnum.
On February 28, 1844 as William W. Wood, he married Mary L.C. Gillespie at Noxubee County, Mississippi.
They were the parents of eight children.
Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography
William Willis Wiley Wood
Wood, William Willis Wiley, naval engineer, born in Wake County, North Carolina May, 30, 1818; died near Jutland, St. Mary's County, Maryland August 31, 1882. He acquired a knowledge of engineering at the West Point foundry, New York, entered the Navy as a Chief Engineer March 15, 1845 and superintended the construction of the boilers and engines of the steam frigate Merrimac in 1854 to 1857 at Cold Spring, New York. During the Civil War he rendered valuable services on special duty connected with the steam engineering service at the navy yards in New York, Philadelphia and Boston.
He was head of the Department of Steam Engineering at the Naval Academy in 1866 to 1867, Chief Engineer of the New York Navy Yard in 1868 to 1869, Inspector of Machinery Afloat in 1870 to 1872, Chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering from 1872 till March 3, 1877 and on special duty at Washington until May 30, 1880, when he was placed on the retired list. He was one of the pioneers in the United States steam navy and held the relative rank of Commodore when he was retired as he had served as engineer in chief. He was drowned in a boat capsized by a squall.
He was the son of Newton Wood and Tabitha Rogers Putney Wood Barnum.
On February 28, 1844 as William W. Wood, he married Mary L.C. Gillespie at Noxubee County, Mississippi.
They were the parents of eight children.
Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography
William Willis Wiley Wood
Wood, William Willis Wiley, naval engineer, born in Wake County, North Carolina May, 30, 1818; died near Jutland, St. Mary's County, Maryland August 31, 1882. He acquired a knowledge of engineering at the West Point foundry, New York, entered the Navy as a Chief Engineer March 15, 1845 and superintended the construction of the boilers and engines of the steam frigate Merrimac in 1854 to 1857 at Cold Spring, New York. During the Civil War he rendered valuable services on special duty connected with the steam engineering service at the navy yards in New York, Philadelphia and Boston.
He was head of the Department of Steam Engineering at the Naval Academy in 1866 to 1867, Chief Engineer of the New York Navy Yard in 1868 to 1869, Inspector of Machinery Afloat in 1870 to 1872, Chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering from 1872 till March 3, 1877 and on special duty at Washington until May 30, 1880, when he was placed on the retired list. He was one of the pioneers in the United States steam navy and held the relative rank of Commodore when he was retired as he had served as engineer in chief. He was drowned in a boat capsized by a squall.
Chief Engineer United States Navy
He was the son of Newton Wood and Tabitha Rogers Putney Wood Barnum.
On February 28, 1844 as William W. Wood, he married Mary L.C. Gillespie at Noxubee County, Mississippi.
They were the parents of eight children.
Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography
William Willis Wiley Wood
Wood, William Willis Wiley, naval engineer, born in Wake County, North Carolina May, 30, 1818; died near Jutland, St. Mary's County, Maryland August 31, 1882. He acquired a knowledge of engineering at the West Point foundry, New York, entered the Navy as a Chief Engineer March 15, 1845 and superintended the construction of the boilers and engines of the steam frigate Merrimac in 1854 to 1857 at Cold Spring, New York. During the Civil War he rendered valuable services on special duty connected with the steam engineering service at the navy yards in New York, Philadelphia and Boston.
He was head of the Department of Steam Engineering at the Naval Academy in 1866 to 1867, Chief Engineer of the New York Navy Yard in 1868 to 1869, Inspector of Machinery Afloat in 1870 to 1872, Chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering from 1872 till March 3, 1877 and on special duty at Washington until May 30, 1880, when he was placed on the retired list. He was one of the pioneers in the United States steam navy and held the relative rank of Commodore when he was retired as he had served as engineer in chief. He was drowned in a boat capsized by a squall.
He was the son of Newton Wood and Tabitha Rogers Putney Wood Barnum.
On February 28, 1844 as William W. Wood, he married Mary L.C. Gillespie at Noxubee County, Mississippi.
They were the parents of eight children.
Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography
William Willis Wiley Wood
Wood, William Willis Wiley, naval engineer, born in Wake County, North Carolina May, 30, 1818; died near Jutland, St. Mary's County, Maryland August 31, 1882. He acquired a knowledge of engineering at the West Point foundry, New York, entered the Navy as a Chief Engineer March 15, 1845 and superintended the construction of the boilers and engines of the steam frigate Merrimac in 1854 to 1857 at Cold Spring, New York. During the Civil War he rendered valuable services on special duty connected with the steam engineering service at the navy yards in New York, Philadelphia and Boston.
He was head of the Department of Steam Engineering at the Naval Academy in 1866 to 1867, Chief Engineer of the New York Navy Yard in 1868 to 1869, Inspector of Machinery Afloat in 1870 to 1872, Chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering from 1872 till March 3, 1877 and on special duty at Washington until May 30, 1880, when he was placed on the retired list. He was one of the pioneers in the United States steam navy and held the relative rank of Commodore when he was retired as he had served as engineer in chief. He was drowned in a boat capsized by a squall.
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